diff --git a/src/LanguagesFormat.vala b/src/LanguagesFormat.vala
index f330ec674..67ed9abf1 100644
--- a/src/LanguagesFormat.vala
+++ b/src/LanguagesFormat.vala
@@ -16,25 +16,54 @@
 //
 
 namespace Maya.Settings {
+    [DBus (name = "io.elementary.greeter.AccountsService")]
+    interface Greeter.AccountsService : Object {
+        public abstract string time_format { owned get; set; }
+    }
 
-    public string TimeFormat () {
-        // If AM/PM doesn't exist, use 24h.
-        if (Posix.nl_langinfo (Posix.NLItem.AM_STR) == null || Posix.nl_langinfo (Posix.NLItem.AM_STR) == "") {
-            return Granite.DateTime.get_default_time_format (false);
+    [DBus (name = "org.freedesktop.Accounts")]
+    interface FDO.Accounts : Object {
+        public abstract string find_user_by_name (string username) throws GLib.Error;
+    }
+
+    public class TimeFormatHolder : Object {
+        private static TimeFormatHolder instance;
+        public static unowned TimeFormatHolder get_instance () {
+            if (instance == null) {
+                instance = new TimeFormatHolder ();
+            }
+
+            return instance;
         }
 
-        // If AM/PM exists, assume it is the default time format and check for format override.
-        var setting = new GLib.Settings ("org.gnome.desktop.interface");
-        var clockformat = setting.get_user_value ("clock-format");
-        if (clockformat == null)
-            return Granite.DateTime.get_default_time_format (true);
+        public bool is_12h { get; private set; default = false; }
+        private Greeter.AccountsService? greeter_act = null;
 
-        if (clockformat.get_string ().contains ("12h")) {
-            return Granite.DateTime.get_default_time_format (true);
-        } else {
-            return Granite.DateTime.get_default_time_format (false);
+        construct {
+            try {
+                var accounts_service = GLib.Bus.get_proxy_sync<FDO.Accounts> (GLib.BusType.SYSTEM,
+                                                                "org.freedesktop.Accounts",
+                                                                "/org/freedesktop/Accounts");
+                var user_path = accounts_service.find_user_by_name (GLib.Environment.get_user_name ());
+                greeter_act = GLib.Bus.get_proxy_sync (GLib.BusType.SYSTEM,
+                                                       "org.freedesktop.Accounts",
+                                                       user_path,
+                                                       GLib.DBusProxyFlags.GET_INVALIDATED_PROPERTIES);
+                is_12h = greeter_act.time_format == "12h" ? true : false;
+            } catch (Error e) {
+                critical (e.message);
+                var setting = new GLib.Settings ("org.gnome.desktop.interface");
+                GLib.Variant? clockformat = setting.get_user_value ("clock-format");
+                if (clockformat != null) {
+                    is_12h = clockformat.get_string ().contains ("12h");
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
+    public string TimeFormat () {
+        return Granite.DateTime.get_default_time_format (TimeFormatHolder.get_instance ().is_12h);
+    }
+
 }